Bret Hartman / TEDInstead of replicating the computational power of neurons in our brain, why not include a neuron in a silicon chip and make a new form of biological processor? "The brain is the most powerful processor the world has ever seen," Agabi told TED Global in Arusha about his groundbreaking initiative. To simulate the functioning of just 204 neurons will require a super computer consuming 24 Megawatts of energy. Instead of copying the neuron, why don’t we take the neuron and put it in a chip?" Agabi said in the first session of TED Global, which returns to Arusha, Tanzania, 10 years after it was first held in this east African country in 2007.

Source: Forbes August 27, 2017 21:22 UTC